Welcome to Startup West, the podcast about building great startups in sunny Western Australia with people who’ve been here and done it, or live here and are doing it!
In this first episode, Startup News’ Charlie Gunningham and Beth Caniglia talk with Yuuwa Capital director Matt Macfarlane and Spacecubed‘s Brodie McCulloch.
Matt is a well known West Australian early stage VC and angel investor, and Brodie set up the first coworking space, Spacecubed, in 2012 in Perth, which has since gone to open new, expanded coworking spaces FLUX and Riff as well as the Plus Eight muru-D tech accelerator.
What’s the state of the local startup scene in Perth and WA? Which startups do Matt and Brodie particularly admire, and what do they look for when they are deciding to invest? What does the sector need now? These and other questions are answered in the next 26 minutes…